Tag: Washington Times

At first glance, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) conference call of August 10th, 2009 sounds innocent enough because it’s supposedly been organized by Michael Skolnik, political director for Russell Simmons and someone not officially associated with any government

On August 25th 2009, Big Hollywood’s Patrick Courrielche broke the story of a conference call he attended with other “rising artist and art community luminaries“: On Thursday August 6th, I was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to

Washington Times Editorial: National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman owes American taxpayers an explanation. Last month, a top NEA official gathered artists and arts organizations in a conference call that also included a White House official and clearly

UPDATE: Wash. Times is reporting Sergant has not resigned from the NEA, but was reassigned. He “is no longer Director of Communications.” END UPDATE. From the Washington Times: Yosi Sergant has been asked to resign from his post as Communications

Another conference call has materialized, revealing a concerted effort by government to use the arts to address political issues. Lee Rosenbaum, a blogger for Artsjournal.com, posted her experience with a meeting that occurred on August 27th and confessed that she

This week’s Washington Times column: Now that White House “Green Jobs Czar” Van Jones has resigned, what’s next? Inevitably, the American mainstream media – ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, et al – must

What does it mean when a government official evades the truth? On August 25th, I published an article discussing a conference call hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the White House Office of Public Engagement, and United

This week’s Washington Times column: John Mackey – the founder, CEO and marketing genius behind Whole Foods – finds himself in an organic, unsustainable mess with his carefully cultivated affluent, liberal customer base after penning an Op-Ed in the Wall

This week’s Washington Times column: There is an extensive body of writing from both sides of the political aisle that has analyzed the extraordinary depths of hatred leveled at former President George W. Bush. His birth into a wealthy and

Dear Friends, Several months ago I wrote a piece for the Washington Times entitled “Pets Are Family Too.” I am pleased to say the bill has been placed before Congress–It is called the HAPPY Act. I ask for your enthusiastic

This week’s Washington Times column: The first round of protests against the Obama administration’s chaotic and rapid-fire expansion of government came in the form of grass-roots “tea parties,” which were predictably met with scorn by the Democrat-Media Complex (the natural

This week’s Washington Times column: Well, that was pathetic. And it wasn’t an accident. The fix was in from the beginning. Last week’s lackluster “Beer Summit” featuring Sgt. James Crowley, professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., President Obama and Vice President

This week’s Washington Times column: Less than a month after being confirmed as the nation’s attorney General, Eric H. Holder Jr. called out the American people as “essentially a nation of cowards” for refusing to talk openly about race. So,

This week’s Washington Times column: The most unsettling news story of the last week came out of Philadelphia, where a group of black and Hispanic children of elementary-school age paid for the right to swim at a private suburban club

This week’s Washington Times column: What a shock that Maureen Dowd devoted her New York Times column Sunday to attack Sarah Palin. It did not so much criticize Alaska’s governor for prematurely stepping down from her official duties as to

Note: Part 1 of this 2 part interview can be found here. The execution scene at the heart of “The Stoning of Soraya M.” is all force and little subtlety. Some audiences might flinch at the visuals, while others may

Director Cyrus Nowrasteh has news for people who think the public execution scene at the heart of “The Stoning of Soraya M.” is too long, too graphic or too uncompromising in its horror. The real thing is worse. Much worse.

This week’s Washington Times column: Last Tuesday as I was driving home from a screening of “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” a profoundly moving and eerily timely drama that comes out Friday, I found myself stuck in a bizarre late-night

Whenever Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore releases a new documentary the reaction in the press is typically jubilant. Rave reviews. Fawning interviews which rarely ask tough questions. Oscar buzz aplenty. But this time could be different. Moore’s last film, “Slacker Uprising,”

This week’s Washington Times column: In its obvious zeal to create a one-party state, the Democrat-Media Complex (the natural coalition of the Democratic Party and the mainstream media) last week seized upon the horrific murder of a security guard at

William Sanderson says he likes to fly under the radar. The in-demand character actor’s resume just won’t let him get away with it. Sanderson’s career has brought him to the past (“Deadwood”), the future (“Blade Runner”) and a few surreal

On June 3rd Sara Carter and the Washington Times reported, “Al-Qaeda Eyes Anthrax Attack On U.S from Mexico.” The story is based on an Al-Qaeda recruitment video first broadcast back in February on Al Jazeera. In it, Kuwaiti dissident Abdullah

This week’s Washington Times column: The Democratic Party’s attitude to elections is admirable: Win. And recent history has shown it will do anything to do so. When, if not now, will Republicans develop such a fighting spirit? Democrats invest –